Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2021 Ibrahim Al-Omar Director general, Saudia Origin: KSA Residence: KSA Sector: Aviation In October, Ibrahim Al-Omar was named the new director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), replacing Sami Sind. Weeks after landing the top job at Saudia, Al-Omar – who was the former governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – was also elected to the IATA board of governors for three years, giving him a leading voice into the future path of the aviation sector. With Middle Eastern airlines seeing an 82 per cent year-on-year drop in passenger traffic in January this year, Al-Omar has his work cut out for him.